In comparison to such regions as the South, the far West, and New England, the Midwest and its culture have been neglected both by scholars and by the popular press. Historians as well as literary and art critics tend not to examine the Midwest in depth in their academic work. And in the popular imagination, the Midwest has never really ascended to the level of the proud, literary South; the cultured, democratic Northeast; or the hip, innovative West Coast. Finding a New Midwestern History revives and identifies anew the Midwest as afield of study by promoting a diversity of viewpoints and lending legitimacy to a more in-depth, rigorous scholarly assessment of a large region of the United States that has largely been overlooked by scholars. The essays discuss facets of midwestern life worth examining more deeply, including history, religion, geography, art, race, culture, and politics, and are written by well-known scholars in the field such as Michael Allen, Jon Butler, and Nicole Etcheson.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Introductiony
- Part 1
- 1. The Birth of the Midwest and the Rise of Regional Theory
- 2. How Nature and Culture Shaped Early Settlement in the Midwest
- 3. First Cousins
- Part 2
- 4. Native Americans and Midwestern History
- 5. American and European Immigrant Groups in the Midwest by the Mid-Nineteenth Century
- 6. Civic Life in a Midwestern Community
- 7. Politics in the Promised Land
- Part 3
- 8. Midwestern Small Towns
- 9. The Agrarian Midwest
- 10. The Role of Sports in the Midwest
- Part 4
- 11. The View from the River
- 12. The Midwest’s Spiritual Landscapes
- 13. The Development of Midwestern Cities
- Part 5
- 14. Of Murals and Mirrors
- 15. Midwestern Intellectuals
- 16. Midwestern Musicians
- 17. Midwestern Writers
- Part 6
- 18. The Upper Midwest as the Second Promised Land
- 19. Growing Up Midwestern
- 20. The Best of Babbitt
- 21. Of Conformity and Cosmopolitanism
- List of Contributors
- Index
- About Jon K. Lauck
- About Gleaves Whitney
- About Joseph Hogan
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